Baling-press



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L. A. GORNING. BALING PRBSS- No. 497,091. Patented May 9, 1893.

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LA. OORNING.

BALING PRESS.

No. 497,091. Patented May 9,1893.

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LUCY A. CORNING, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,091, dated May 9, 1893.

Application filed August 20, 1392. Serial No. 443,666. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUCY A. OORNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention involves mechanism for actuating the plunger; for longitudinally dividing the finished bales as they are leaving the press; and for trimming off the loose ends of each charge, as the plunger forces it into the baling-chamber of the press.

This invention consists of certain new and useful features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved press. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, showing the plunger drawn back preparatory to beginning the operation of baling. Fig. 3 is a like View of the same, having the cover of the feed-hopper and a part of the top of the baling-chamber broken away. Figs. 4., 5 and 6 are vertical sections, at the dotted line X, X in Fig. 2, of the press-chamber, showing in succession the different positions assumed by the plunger and combined devices for operating the same, while baling a charge of hay or other material.

Likelettersof referenceindicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Ais the main frame of the press,which may be of any suitable material, form and construction. This frame is partially inclosed by means of a top A, bottom A and side pieces A The top and bottom may be of metal as shown, or any other suitable material.

A are longitudinal slots, extending through and along the whole length of the side-pieces A of the press.

A A are standards rigidly secured by their lower ends within and to the lower portion of the frame A.

A are ways secured to the standards A A.

' B are tubes, each having a longitudinal slot B extending along the inside and the entire length thereof, and of the same width as and coincident with one of the slots A in the sidepieces A adapted to rest upon and slide along the ways A F are pitman-stops, pivot-jointed to the upper ends of the standards A so as to be freely swung thereon.

G is a detent, loosely pivoted by its upper end between the lugs 0 and having its lower end chisel-edged and adapted to drop into the slot G in the metal plate G in the bottom of the press.

H is a gear-wheel, mounted within the frame of the press upon a shaft 11 and provided with a driving-pin H which projects through the same and is adapted to engage consecutively with the lugs E It on the pitman E and therethrough propel the plunger 0.

I is a pinion meshing with the gear-wheel H and mounted on a shaft I, whereto a balance-wheel I and a driving-pulley I are fast.

J J are knives rigidly secured in the frame of the press.

Powerfor operating the plunger O is applied to the pulley 1 The press as seen in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive is in proper condition to commence the operation of baling, which is as follows: A sufficient quantity of hay to form acharge is introduced through the feed-hopper A intothe press. The pin H engages with the lugs E on the pitman E, carrying the latter upward, forward and downward to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and shown in solid lines in Fig. 5, thereby advancing the plunger 0 to the position indicated in Fig. 4 and shown in Fig. 5 and causing the free end of the detent G to drop into and engage with the slot G, in the plate G and thus securely hold the plunger 0 in the last mentioned position. At the next revolution of the gear- ICO wheel H, the pin H engages with the lugs F. on the pitman E, which is advanced another stage in the same direction and manner as that just described to the position indicated in Fig. 5 and shown in Fig. 6. When the plunger 0 has reached the position shown in Fig. 6, the first charge of hay will have been fully baled and will be retained in its advanced position and compressed condition by the spring retaining lugs A which are forced outward into the recesses A in the press, by the moving plunger 0, to admit the free passage of the charge of hay. As the plunger 0 is about to finish its stroke, the front ends E of the shoes E Figs. 3 and 4, engage with the pitman-stops F and swing them forward to the positions indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6, which positions per- Init the shoes E to pass downward and forward under the stops F onto the ways A whereupon the pin 11 leaves the lugs E the stops F assume the positions shown by solid lines in Fig. 6, and the action of the springs B aided by the resiliency of the already baled hay, willcause the plunger 0 and its pitman E to return to their original positions, the stops F causing the shoes E of the pitman E to glide smoothly back to their starting point upon the ways A thereby preventing the free end of the same from being thrown violently upward to its own injury or the injury of other parts of the press, by the shock produced by the reversal of the plunger 0, as it began to return to its original position. As the front end of the plunger 0 passes under the knife J, Fig. 6, the upwardly-projecting loose ends of the charge of hay are trimmed off thereby and fall upon the feed-hopper cover 0 The next charge of ,hay to be baled is, for the purpose of expedition in baling,

thrown upon the cover C just as it closes the hopper A The return of the plunger 0 to its original position, preparatory to baling permits the second charge of hay to descend into the press where it is baled in the same manner as the first charge. Obviously the bales may be made of any desired number of charges, within the limits of the press, and after a bale of the requisite size has been formed, it should be securely tied with four bands of wire, as shown in Fig. 1, where a second bale is also shown in the process of formation separated from the first by a dividingboard K. Where apress of the usual capacity is employed, only a small quantity of hay can be fed thereinto at one time; otherwise the charges would be too large to be convenientlyfed to stock when the bale was opened for use. To obviate this difiiculty, I employ a press that will produce a bale of twice the ordinary size, in height, and divide the same, when finished, lengthwise and horizontally, by means of the knife J,asit leaves the press the pressure of the succeeding bale pro vidingthe force necessary to divide its predecessor.

This longitudinal division of the bale obviously reduces the size of each charge one half and permits doubling the baling capacity of the press.

In order that bales of double the usual size and of the proper compactness may be produced, at least double the ordinary baling power must be employed, to obtain which the gear-wheel H, aided by the momentum of the balance-wheel I is allowed an entire and rapid revolution prior to each engagement thereof with the pitman E. The gearwheel H and balance-wheel I revolve continuously and at the same velocity during the operation of the press.

I claim- 1. In a baling-press, in combination, the press-frame, the pitman-ways therein, the bifurcated pitman having lugs thereon and being provided with shoes adapted to rest and slide upon the pitman-ways, and the wheel provided with a driving-pin arranged to engage consecutively with the lugs on the pitman to drive the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a baling-press, in combination, a frame, the pitman-ways, the wheel provided with a driving-pin, the bifurcated pitman provided with the downwardly-projecting lugs adapted to be consecutively engaged by said driving-pin, and having shoes on the free end thereof arranged to rest and slide upon the pitman-ways to guide the free end of said pitman and the pitman-stops for preventing an upward movement of said pitman at the inception of the reverse movement of the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a baling-press, in combination, the press-frame, the reciprocatory plunger provided with a detent adapted to detain the same at the end of its first stage of advancement, the pitman-ways, the pitman pivotjointed to the plunger, having lugs on the lower side thereof and provided with shoes adapted to slide on the pitman-ways, and the wheel provided with a driving-pin contrived to engage with said pitman and thereby propel the plunger forward in the press, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a baling-press, in combination, the press-frame, the plunger adapted to slide therein, the tubes having longitudinal slots extending along the insides thereof, and of the same width as and coincident with the slots A in the press, the springs, contained in the tubes, for retiring the plunger t0 the rear end of the press, after each forward advancement thereof to the bale therein, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

LUCY A. CORNING.

Witnesses:

JOHN P. MANNY, L. L. MORRISON. 

